Bed-bottom.



BARNETT BERMAN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

f BED-'normen s Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911;

applicati@ inea septegama s, i910. serial No. 530,565.

. To all whom 'it may concerm.

Be it known that I, BARNETT BERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city,county, 5 and State ofNew York, haveinvented cer-- tain new and usefulImprovementsin' Bed-Bottoms, of which the following is aspeciia cation.V u

l My improvements relate more particu-1 10` larly to what. are knowntechnically as woven'wire bed bot-toms, and are designed to aii'ordsimple, effectual and inexpensive means whereby the superposedmattresses 'are' ettectually sustained thereon in alinement againstlateral shift or displacement. The invention consists in the specificconstruction and arrangement of parts herein described and. claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1,

. is a side -elevationot a woven bed bottom provided with my improvedside guard, the central portion being broken away;l Fig.`2, is a topview of the side of the same woven wire bed bot-tom shown in'Fig'. l;Fig. 3, is a view of the under side of the parts shown in. Figs. 1 and2, taken upon line 3 3, Fig. l; Fig. 4, anrend view of the woven wirebottom looking in the directionof the arrow. Fig. i, the base framesprings being omitted; Fig. 5, is a transverse vertical section takenupon plane of line Fig. 1, the woven wire fabric being omitted.

The ends of the woven wire web or fabric fw, are'secured betweenclamping bars a, 4a, which, with the longitudinal me bers c', constitutethe frame work of the fabric wf; ,saidlongitudinal members a,.consistingpril marily of flat metallic strips, the outer e.\:-` tremities of`whichare riveted to and be- 40 tween said clamping bars a, a,.as shown inFig. 4. Interposed inthe length of each of these longitudinal membersa', a', are he'iical` tension springs a2, d2, which hold vsaidlongitudinal -memberstaut while admitting and compensating for thestretching of the fabric u, lengthwise under the action of the suspendersprings b2, 712, by which the clamping bars a. a, are coupled tothecross members 7), Z, which with the rigid longitudinal side ."0 members7)', b', constitute the base frame B. Rigidly aflixed to theclampingbars a, a.. arc upright end posts'c, c; and., arranged parallelthereto are intermediatel shaped posts c', c', the inturned baseJmembers Vc", c, which are attachedrigidly to the intermediatelongitudinal fmembers a, a', of the web frame, the upper ends of saidintermediate posts ov, 0","being formedwith loops c2, `for the guidanceand support of the lon gitudinal side guard rods or wires C. Interposedbetween the end posts c,v and the ends of `the said longitudinal sideguards C, are helical tension springs c3, Awhich adapt the saidlongitudinal side guards C,L to the length of the wire web frame, andtend constantly to hold the side guards taut and iu alinement. In thedrawings I have shown one of these tension springs c", attached to ea'chextremity of the longitudinal side guard, but this is notindispensable.' since a single tension spring 03, may be used .incoiivjunction with each longitudinal side guard if preferred, withsubstantially the same re- Sult. Also, if preferred, the horizontal orbase members c, of the intermediate post c', may extend .completelyacross the underside of the web w, and bot-h ends of the base member maybe formed with an upright post c. In the drawings the said horizontalmembers c, of the intermediate posts c', are

. shown as extending through the double edge fold w', of the webfw,although this arrangement is'not materia-l.

The height of the intermediate posts c', and end posts c, is such as tocause then to protrude above the upper side oftheweb w. sutliciently tosustain the side guards C,v in such relation 'to the superpsed hair orother form of mattress that the latter is etiectually guarded andsustained against any tendency -t-o creep or move laterally across thewoven wire -web "fw, and'is sustained in lperfect alinement thereon.4` s

My device is very simple and-inexpensive, and Vwell adapted to therequirements of constant, every day. use. It not only preservesthe'symmetrical appearance of the bed when made up, but also adds tocomfort and convenience. l

That I claim as my invent-ion and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A bed bottom comprisingwa wire tabl-iv.

. rigid clamping members to which tht` ends oi the fabric nre secured,intermediate lon'- gitudinal fabric frame members secured to said endclamping members', tension springs interposed in the length of each ofsaid longitudinal members of the fabric frame, end

posts interal with said rigid end clamping guards, suspension s ringssecuring, the fabmembers,

` sionsprmgs connected with said end osts, rigid baise frame.

intermediate L sha ed posts secured rlgidly BARNETT BERMAN. 5 to thesaid longit'u insl members of the fab 4 Witnesses:

ric frame and formed with loops for-the MORRIS WEISS,

guidance and support -of the said side GEO. WM. MIATT.

ongitudinal side guards and tenric fra-me to a rigi base frame, and said

